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Asked: May 15, 20262026-05-15T09:10:45+00:00 2026-05-15T09:10:45+00:00

Why has_many :line_items, :dependent => destroy in the cart.rb model file causing failed tests

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has_many :line_items, :dependent => destroy

in the cart.rb model file causing failed tests

I have been working through the “Agile Web Development with Rails” book and am about half way through the depot application (I did skip around a bit).

When I go to run the default test (“the truth”) I get failed tests. Trace says

“/Users/username/Documents/rails_projects/depot/app/models/cart.rb:2:in
`destroy’: wrong number of arguments
(0 for 1) (ArgumentError) from
/Users/username/Documents/rails_projects/depot/app/models/cart.rb:2”

If I comment that line out I no longer get the error message and the tests pass. But I don’t understand the error message.

What should I be looking at? Is this a valid failure that I need to fix somehow?

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    2026-05-15T09:10:45+00:00Added an answer on May 15, 2026 at 9:10 am

    has_many :line_items, :dependent =>
    :destroy

    I think destroy is a symbol

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